General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	20,246 23.08%	7,140
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£67,500	-6.23%	11,688 13.33%	4,758
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,685 7.62%	1,673
Banking	17	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	+7.19%	5,844 6.66%	1,368
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£52,750	-4.09%	4,889 5.57%	2,559
Marketing	40	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	3,875 4.42%	2,079
Public Sector	56	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	-	2,869 3.27%	1,239
Manufacturing	60	Down -42 places-42	£45,000	-10.00%	2,667 3.04%	1,040
Retail	61	Down -4 places-4	£52,500	-4.54%	2,665 3.04%	1,191
Law	75	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+9.09%	2,215 2.53%	668
Legal	80	Down -8 places-8	£67,500	+17.39%	1,977 2.25%	976
Organisational Skills	96	Up 10 places+10	£38,000	-10.58%	1,648 1.88%	778
Telecoms	107	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	-5.55%	1,549 1.77%	615
Electronics	168	Down -40 places-40	£52,500	-9.28%	1,075 1.23%	450
Games	202	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-18.18%	877 1.00%	398
Presentation Skills	216	Down -129 places-129	£60,000	+3.44%	815 0.93%	548
Influencing Skills	217	Up 6 places+6	£76,125	+21.80%	803 0.92%	410
Automotive	224	Up 100 places+100	£48,000	-9.85%	778 0.89%	389
Aerospace	232	Up 91 places+91	£55,000	+0.37%	728 0.83%	418
Advertising	264	Down -73 places-73	£45,000	-21.73%	609 0.69%	379
Pharmaceutical	278	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	+9.09%	584 0.67%	175
Multimedia	299	Up 278 places+278	£30,500	-12.23%	530 0.60%	365
Local Government	315	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	-	491 0.56%	221
Financial Institution	334	Down -154 places-154	£85,000	-0.93%	453 0.52%	196
Back Office	341	Up 124 places+124	£57,500	-20.68%	438 0.50%	140
Documentation Skills	344	Up 84 places+84	£55,000	+2.80%	433 0.49%	184
Billing	383	Up 112 places+112	£38,000	-33.91%	363 0.41%	232
Front Office	384	Down -233 places-233	£110,000	-2.22%	362 0.41%	110
Military	395	Up 32 places+32	£48,598	-15.48%	343 0.39%	224
French Language	403	Down -154 places-154	£45,000	-30.76%	330 0.38%	107
German Language	424	Down -178 places-178	£40,000	-45.76%	300 0.34%	141
Aviation	448	Up 56 places+56	£65,000	+13.04%	265 0.30%	141
Tech for Good	500	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	+7.69%	205 0.23%	26
Health Technology	500	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	-14.28%	205 0.23%	95
Publishing	530	Down -85 places-85	£60,000	-6.25%	174 0.20%	80
Investment Banking	540	Down -163 places-163	£93,000	-17.33%	164 0.19%	99
Police	563	Down -144 places-144	£55,000	+6.16%	140 0.16%	40
Spanish Language	587	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	-23.80%	116 0.13%	68
Social Housing	607	Down -59 places-59	£50,000	-13.04%	96 0.11%	53
Agriculture	607	Down -21 places-21	£43,500	-15.12%	96 0.11%	39
Aeronautics	622	Down -15 places-15	£65,000	+29.85%	81 0.092%	15
Retail Banking	626	Down -104 places-104	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.088%	20
Italian Language	626	Down -5 places-5	£46,250	-35.08%	77 0.088%	46
Brand Awareness	628	Down -39 places-39	£44,000	+3.52%	75 0.086%	43
Dutch Language	628	Down -25 places-25	£35,000	-3.44%	75 0.086%	42
Digital Healthcare	630	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-7.69%	73 0.083%	18
General Ledger	633	Down -58 places-58	£82,500	+14.59%	70 0.080%	35
Digital Health	634	Down -10 places-10	£70,000	+27.27%	69 0.079%	40
Fire and Rescue	638	Down -25 places-25	£47,249	-8.81%	65 0.074%	33
Portuguese Language	640	Down -9 places-9	£52,000	+48.57%	63 0.072%	33